5 things you probably didn't know could make music
Musical people know: producing sound is possible with nearly anything. Musical instruments are made of all sorts of materials, for instance, from ice.
Instruments made of ice
The sound of the ice is very unique, with lots of overtones. Many describe the timbre as warm. Thousands of visitors enjoy the beauty and sound of ice music each year at the Ice Music Festival. Artists work up to 12 hours building the instruments, but whether or not they last through the concert is often a matter of luck.
Compositions with everyday objects
His schtick is the rhythmic cut: Scottish video artist James Provan calls himself "Gir2007" on YouTube. With his unusual instruments, his clips have gotten over 17 million clicks. In his video "House Beat," for instance, he's turned his parents' entire house into a musical instrument.
Songs from a diskette drive
Polish tinkerer Pawel Zadrozniak uses eight computer hard drives, several disk drives and two scanners to make music. He programs the buzzing, vibrating and chattering of the devices to swirl together to create little symphonies. He calls his instrument the "Floppotron." It can play a cover version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Nerd Spirit" particularly well.
Marble melodies
Swedish musician Martin Molin worked for 14 months on his marble machine - a wooden music instrument the size of a weaving loom. Two thousand steel marbles roll through a system of tracks until they fall onto various percussion instruments. The machine quickly went viral on the internet - with more than 40 million people having watched the video.
The sound of vegetables
How does a carrot become a flute? With a paring knife and a drill! The Viennese Vegetable Orchestra turns a pumpkin into a drum, celery into a guitar and bell peppers into horns. To actually be able to make music, the vegetables have to be fresh. The orchestra has been giving concerts around the world since 1998. After each show, the vegetables are cooked into stew for the guests.